Blaine sentenced to one year in prison

July 15, 2013

MARTINSBURG - Autumn T. Blaine, 38, of Phillips Lane, who was indicted last year for murder in the death of a 32-year-old Bunker Hill man, will serve one year in jail.

Blaine pleaded guilty under Alford circumstances Monday morning to count one of an indictment charging her with felony uttering.

She also plead guilty under Alford circumstances to one count of felony grand larceny by way of information. She will be sentenced to one year in jail on both counts. The sentences will be served concurrently, said Berkeley County assistance prosecuting attorney Carmela Cesare.

Blaine was indicted by a Berkeley County grand jury in October 2012 on one count of felony murder and distribution of heroin in connection with the death of Paul D. Burcham.

Burcham was found dead March 29, 2012, inside Blaine's residence after Blaine allegedly sold him a fatal dose of heroin, according to court records.

In an unrelated case, Blaine was also indicted in February 2012 by a Berkeley County grand jury on one count of burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, petit larceny, conspiracy to commit uttering and one count of uttering in connection with an alleged Oct. 24, 2011, burglary.